Isiqithi se ICorfu Sele ikhankanyiwe nguHomer, kwaye yayiyindawo yokugqibela yokumisa iUlysses (Faiacs Island) apho wasilela khona xa inqanawa yakhe yazika. Kwinkulungwane ye-VIII a. C., isiqithi sathinjwa ngabaseKorinte. Ke yayilawulwa ngu Abantu baseVenetians, 1386-1797 emva koko yawela ezandleni zamaFrentshi, yaza emva koko yahlalwa iminyaka eliqela yimikhosi yaseRussia kunye I-turkish.
Ngo-1815, i IBritane Baye bathatha ulawulo lwesiqithi kangangeminyaka engamashumi amahlanu, emva koko sasihlala ama-Italiya ukusuka ngo-1923 ukuya ku-1941.
ICorfu yabhombiswa ngamaJamani kunye neMikhosi ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, kodwa ayizange iwele ezandleni zabantu baseTurkey. Isiqithi si IsiGrike ukusukela nge-1864, kodwa ulawulo lwangaphandle olude, ngakumbi loo Venice, IsiFrentshi, isiRashiya nesiNgesi, zinempembelelo kwinkcubeko, uyilo, ulwimi kunye namasiko esiqithi.
La inqaba Ukujongana nezibuko kwakhiwa ngabantu baseVenetians, ibhotwe Regency embindini, yakhiwa ngamaBritane, kwaye amaFrentshi akha, ngaselunxwemeni lolwandle, umfanekiso weParis yaseRisi de IRivoli.
Ukubunandipha ngokwenene ubuhle besi siqithi, qesha imoto kwaye usinge kwiidolophu ezingenamntu kunye neelwandle. Umzekelo: Sidari, UAharavi, Dasia, Ypsos, kunye neelali zokuloba zase IBenitses kunye neMoraitika. Ukuba isibhakabhaka sicacile, ungabona unxweme lwaseAlbania ukusuka IKassiopi.
KwiCorfu unokufumana indawo yesiqithi esihlala kuyo, kwaye wonwabele isiselo okanye ikofu kwisikwere ISpianada, kumbindi wesixeko, okanye undwendwele i-Empress Palace sissi Achilleon.
Inkonzo ye San I-Spyridon eneyona nsimbi iphezulu kwesi siqithi. Okokugqibela, ungaphoswa yibhotwe lika San Miguel kunye neSan Jorge, kunye necawa yase Vlahernas.